Breach Brief – U.S. Navy, Madison Square Garden

The United States Navy announced on Wednesday that hackers have gained access to sensitive personal information of more that 130,000 current and former sailors. The information lost includes names and social security numbers.

According to Navy officials the information was contained on the laptop computer belonging toHewlett Packard Enterprise Services a Navy contractor. The firm first notified the Navy on October 27.

Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Admiral Robert Burke issued a statement saying; “The Navy takes this incident extremely seriously. This is a matter of trust for our sailors.” He then went on to add that the investigation is still in its “early stages.”

The Navy is reacting by following all required procedures to notify and protect sailors affected by the breach. Officials stated that additional information on the breach would be provided to affected sailors as it becomes available. Sailors will also receive credit monitoring service options in the future. The Navy insisted; “There is no evidence to suggest misuse of the information that was compromised.”

This is the second major loss of Navy data involving Hewlett-Packard. According to the Navy Times HP reported to the Navy in 2013 that Iranian hackers compromised the unclassified Navy and Marine Corps Intranet.Navy Timesreported the personal data came from the Career Waypoints database, known as C-WAY, which sailors use to submit re-enlistment and Navy Occupational Specialty requests.

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Born in Richmond Virginia Tom Huskerson is a military veteran who settled in California after his discharge. He attended Santa Barbara City College where he began his writing career as a campus reporter. He worked as an intern news reporter for the Santa Barbara News-Press writing feature stories before moving on to San Francisco.
At San Francisco State University Tom studied broadcast communications and began to focus on the Internet. He completed his graduate thesis on Internet advertising. Tom was the first student to ever focus on the Internet as a graduate student at San Francisco State University.
After graduation he went to work for Zona Research in California’s Silicone Valley. As a research associate Tom supported senior analyst writing on the latest developments in the Internet industry. During the dot com boom Tom worked for several web businesses as a market researcher and analyst.
As a writer and researcher Tom has authored various technical works including a training program for Charles Schwab security. Other projects included professional presentations on workplace violence and hiring security contractors.
Tom has returned to focus on writing both fiction and non-fiction works and blogging for a travel website. He has published two books of short stories and completed two novels. Tom is the owner of Scribe of Life Literature and EbonyCandle.
Most recently Tom has launched the blog African American Cyber Report. The blog is the result of his desire to inform the African American community of the dangers and benefits of the cyber age. In his blog Tom reports on information security, new and analysis, scams and hoaxes, legal happenings and various topics that arise from the age of information. Tom believes that technology is a necessary tool for black people and they should know what is happening. Tom writes believing that techno speak is for the professional and that valuable information can be communicated using plain language. As a result he has embraced the motto, Less Tech, More Knowledge.

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